DescriptionThe history of the castle, town and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal springs (1809) (14763808204).jpg |
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Title: The history of the castle, town and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal springs
Year: 1809 (1800s)
Authors: Hargrove, Ely, 1741-1818
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Publisher: Knaresbrough Printed by Hargrove
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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88 HISTORY OF
appearance : Upon the -whole, it is a place where na- ture hath elegantly disposed every ingredient she could bestow, to form a cheerful and pleasing scene. Many of the trees in this walk, have been marked with the sylvan pen of rural lovers, which is a very ancient hich is a very ancient custom, as appears by the following passage in Pro- pertius, written near two thousand years ago:
" Ah quoties teneras resonant mea verba sub umbras - Scribitur & vestris. Cynthia corticibus, Eleg. xviii.
RETURNING from the Dropping-well, repassing the bridge, and turning on the right, you arrive at
ST. ROBERTS CHAPEL.
ON one side of the entrance, under a shade of spreading and pendent ivy, is the figure of a KNIGHT TEMPLAT,* cut in the rock, in the act of drawing his sword, to defend the place, from the violence of rude intruders. The chapel is elegantly hollowed out of the solid rock, its roof and altar, beautiful)y adorned with gothic ornaments; behind the altar, is a large niche, where formerly stood an image; and, on each side, is a place for the holy-water; here are also the fi -gures of three heads, designed, (as is supposed), for
* " Carvd on a rock, and near the door, " An armed warrior stands; " Who seems to guard the sacred place, " From rude and hostile hands,"
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St. Roberts Chapel
KNARESBROUGH. 89
an emblematical allusion to the order of the monks of the once neighbouring priory ; by some of whom they were probably cut; the order was styled, Sanctee Trim- iatis. At some distance, is another head, said to represent that of John the baptist, to whom this chapel is supposed to have been dedicated. In the floor, is a cavity, where formerly some ancient relic was deposited. This chapel is ten feet six inches long, nine feet wide, and seven feet six inches high.
IN the year 1799> was found in the garden, near this chapel, a gold ring, neatly ornamented on the outside, with the figures of roses, and branches of palm ; on the inside, was a cross, similar to that worn former- ly on the breast, by the monks of the neighbouring priory, with the following motto: DEO VOUS AMOUR.
IN 1803, another ring was found in the same garden, inscribedj ME. MEN. TO. MO. RI.
NEAR this place are several dwellings, scooped out of the rock, that are at present, and have been inhabit- ed by families from time immemorial ; some consisted
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